Antara kesan revolusi perindustrian di Britain 1760-1840 ialah penglibatan ramai wanita dalam tenaga kerja industri. Bagi kalangan mereka yang baru melahirkan anak, hambatan jadual produktiviti yang ketat telah memaksa mereka mengorbankan sebahagian besar peranan keibuan mereka, termasuk hal-hal berkaitan penyusuan dan pemakanan anak mereka. Keadaan ini menerbitkan permintaan terhadap produk-produk pemakanan bayi. Produk susu tepung mula dipasarkan di Britain pada pertengahan tahun 1860-an. Berikutan kemajuan teknologi kondensasi susu (1871), produk-produk pemakanan bayi berasaskan susu mula dieksport ke negeri-negeri koloni di luar Britain.

- 1839: Manufacture of cans - 1850s: Bottle feeding increased sharply with new shaped bottles & india-rubber teats. Increased infantile diarrhea. - Mid-1860s: Powdered milk available in Britain. - Around 1871: Technology for the extraction of water from and condensation of milk [ Enable milk and milk products to be kept for lengthy periods without deterioration, provided the means by which milk could be safely shipped to and marketed in the colonies. ] - Early 1870s: evidence collected of links between infant diarrhea with infant feeding, urban living, women working in factories, environment (summer diarrhea). - 1872: Dr Daly presented direct correlation between use of condensed milk and recurring diarrhea. - Mid-1880s: Nestle tinned milk was already available in Singapore, and unassuming advertisements appeared sporadically in The Straits Times.

- 1839: Manufacture of cans - 1850s: Bottle feeding increased sharply with new shaped bottles & india-rubber teats. Increased infantile diarrhea. - Mid-1860s: Powdered milk available in Britain. - Around 1871: Technology for the extraction of water from and condensation of milk [ Enable milk and milk products to be kept for lengthy periods without deterioration, provided the means by which milk could be safely shipped to and marketed in the colonies. ] - Early 1870s: evidence collected of links between infant diarrhea with infant feeding, urban living, women working in factories, environment (summer diarrhea). - 1872: Dr Daly presented direct correlation between use of condensed milk and recurring diarrhea. - Mid-1880s: Nestle tinned milk was already available in Singapore, and unassuming advertisements appeared sporadically in The Straits Times.